"When the great storm rages" ISBN 82-91003-02-5 208 pages
A book about fishing and the hard struggle of seafarers for existence, a struggle that is about surviving when the forces of nature hit them hardest. Against hurricanes, breaking waves and drifting ice, where the weather gods are merciless in all their might. Read about the great storms on the Arctic Ocean in 1917 and 1952 where a total of 12 ships and 164 men were lost. Also read about the dramatic sinking of the car and passenger ferry "Skagerak" that sank in the Skagerrak in 1966, you will meet Ingrid again who was only 5 years old at the time and was thrown overboard to be rescued on board a raft. Read about the sinking of the Arctic ship "Asbjørn" in 1970. You will also read about what it was like when the crew had to abandon "Jopeter" in the Greenland ice sheet in 1955, and how it happened when they found it again the following year.
